Ex-SGF Babachir Lawal alleges Cardoso Not Fit To Head CBN

President Bola Tinubu is accused by former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal, of nominating CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso using a CV that had been altered.

Lawal said that Tinubu chose Cardoso with this background because, during the president’s tenure as governor of Lagos State, he had served as Commissioner of Planning.

The former SGF emphasized during an appearance on Arise TV that Lagos State was very tiny in relation to the overall nation.

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Cardoso, he claimed, was unfit to hold the position of governor of the CBN.

In Lawal’s Voice: “As to his Central Bank Governor, in my response to APC (All Progressives Congress) when they decided to take me on, I mentioned that the President had a Central Bank Governor with ‘patch-patch’ CV.

“I said ‘patch-patch’ CV because he was the commissioner of planning in Lagos State, a very small state out of the 36 states we have. It is a big economy but you cannot say he has enough experience to be in that position as the Central Bank governor.

“They also went on to say that he was a chairman of a bank with 13 branches, and that doesn’t give him sufficient exposure – a bank with 13 branches. I mentioned that they are all located around Lagos with two branches in Lagos, Warri, Benin City, and all that.”